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What Would I Pay for Health Insurance in Each State?

Enter your age and income and see the 2027 marketplace price after the tax credit in 23 states, next to a private plan estimate. States sorted cheapest first.

Licensed Independent Agent · NPN #22052447 · 23 States

What this shows: what the benchmark marketplace plan would cost you in each of the 23 states covered here, after the 2027 tax credit for your income, next to the private plan estimate. Change the age or income and the states re-sort, cheapest first. The example: a 45-year-old earning $85,000.

Over the tax-credit line for your household, so every state is full price. Compare the private column.

StateMarketplace full priceTax creditYou pay, benchmark SilverPrivate plan estimate
Maryland$536none$536$270–$420
Virginia$601none$601$350–$505
Indiana$629none$629$305–$390
Nevada$657none$657$260–$470
Ohio$674none$674$275–$435
Michigan$677none$677$350–$475
Colorado$692none$692$410–$510
Utah$777none$777$260–$435
South Carolina$778none$778$350–$505
South Dakota$815none$815$255–$485
North Carolina$828none$828$220–$440
Oklahoma$830none$830$350–$505
Illinois$832none$832$375–$505
Georgia$839none$839$260–$475
Wisconsin$840none$840$350–$500
Florida$852none$852$365–$515
Texas$852none$852$375–$475
Alabama$880none$880$350–$470
Kansas$905none$905$255–$475
Mississippi$906none$906$350–$495
Nebraska$911none$911$350–$505
Arkansas$927none$927$350–$505
Tennessee$929none$929$350–$485

Monthly. Marketplace: the benchmark Silver plan (2027 estimate: KFF 2026 benchmark raised by each state’s average 2027 change, on the federal age curve; children counted at the under-15 rate, up to three). Tax credit: 2027 rules, 2026 poverty guidelines ($15,960 for one person, $5,680 for each added person), capped at 10.22% of income and none over 400% of the line. Some state-run marketplaces add their own help. Private: the site’s estimate, healthy, before health questions; its low end is the main private plan, which has no deductible (in Colorado, no deductible for day-to-day care).

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Common questions

How much does health insurance cost in each state?

For 2027, the benchmark Silver plan at full price for a 40-year-old runs from about $474 a month in Maryland to $822 in Tennessee across the 23 states covered here (estimates).

Does the tax credit change by state?

The share of income you pay is set nationally, so under the line most states come out close. The credit itself is bigger where the benchmark price is higher.

Sources

General information, not a quote or an offer of coverage. Private plans are medically underwritten: they ask health questions, can decline or exclude a condition, are not ACA coverage and get no tax credit. Daniel Griffin, licensed independent agent, NPN #22052447, is not tied to any single carrier and not affiliated with the U.S. government.

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